25.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Macedon · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Macedon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes have remained generally positive in Mount Macedon, where only 2.6% of people need daily help with activities. This is a much lower rate than the national figure of 5.8%. Most residents here enjoy a high level of wellbeing compared to similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 25.5% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the Victorian rate of 27.4%. This includes a lower than usual rate of mental health conditions at 5.8%, with arthritis being the most common long-term illness affecting 8.5% of the population.
5.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Mount Macedon, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easier for most residents, as the 2.6% who need assistance with core activities is well below the Australian average of 5.8%.
2.6% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Mount Macedon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21801/mount-macedon/topic/health-disability